331: The Civilization of "Supervisors" Behind the "Cleaners"!

Inside the luxurious palace in the core area of the Slaughterhouse, which originally belonged to Big Boss.

This place had now been converted into the Earth Federation's forward command post.

Lu Chen sat behind the office desk inlaid with High-Dimensional Crystal Diamonds, toying with a silver eyeball in his hand.

This was not a model.

This was the true body of the "Ultimate Cleaner"—Sequence 001, shrunk countless times.

At this moment, this "Eye of Heavenly Dao," which had once terrified countless civilizations, was obediently suspended in Lu Chen's palm, like a well-behaved yo-yo.

“Stop shaking.”

Lu Chen flicked the eyeball. “I have something serious to ask you.”

“Yes, Administrator.”

The synthetic voice emitted by 001 carried obvious flattery. “What would you like to know? I will tell you everything, hiding nothing.”

“I want to know...”

Lu Chen narrowed his eyes, and Chaos Divine Light flowed around his fingertips.

“Who created you?”

“Also, what exactly is that so-called ‘Purification Council’?”

Upon hearing these two questions, 001's core data stream clearly paused for a moment.

It seemed to be afraid.

Even with Lu Chen, the “Administrator,” supporting it, the fear etched into its underlying code still made it tremble.

“Sir... this is a taboo.”

001's voice was very low, as if terrified of being overheard by certain entities in the void.

“We the cleaners, including the ‘Purification Council,’ are essentially just... tools.”

“Tools?” Su Qingying walked over, her data pad filled with dazzling parameters.

“Yes.”

001 projected a holographic light screen.

The screen displayed a magnificent scene that defied description.

Countless universes, like bubbles, were neatly arranged on a massive “Cultivation Rack.”

Outside of this Cultivation Rack, some blurry figures composed of pure light were indifferently manipulating something.

“They...”

001's voice trembled.

“They call themselves—【Supervisor】.”

“They are the... Developers of this Multiverse server.”

Lu Chen stared at the screen, his gaze suddenly turning cold.

“Developers? I think they're more like Farmers.”

“That's right.”

001 continued, “In their eyes, every universe bubble is an ‘Entropy Increase Experimental Field’.”

“They invest Life Seeds, observe the evolution of civilizations, and collect ‘Causal Data’.”

“Once a civilization's development in a certain universe exceeds the ‘Threshold,’ or if it produces a ‘Virus’ that might threaten them...”

“They press the delete button?”

Ye Qingcang interjected, his fists clenching audibly. “Like what Big Boss tried to do to us?”

“Big Boss?”

001 emitted a disdainful electrical sound.

“That dead fatty is, at best, a ‘Server Tenant’.”

“He just paid money to rent a small piece of territory from Supervisor and opened this Slaughterhouse.”

“The true Overseer...”

001's light dimmed.

“They never bother to take action themselves.”

“Because for them, erasing a civilization doesn't require weapons.”

“It only requires modifying one line of code.”

Silence.

A dead silence fell over the command post.

Wang Peng (Fatty) listened, cold sweat pouring down his face as he wiped his forehead. “Isn't this the ultimate version of Dimensionality Reduction Strike? In their eyes, are we just a program that can be deleted anytime?”

“Then what the hell are we fighting for!”

Gao Jianjun huddled in the corner, despairingly holding his head. “Commander Lu, let's run! Run as far as we can!”

“Run?”

Lu Chen smiled.

He stood up from his chair and walked to the holographic light screen, looking at the universe bubbles that resembled lab rats.

“Old Gao, you're a deserter, so all you know is running.”

Lu Chen stretched out his hand, his fingers passing through the light screen, as if trying to grasp the necks of those blurry figures.

“But you forgot one thing.”

“What?” Gao Jianjun looked up.

“Programs can bite back.”

A hint of manic light flashed in Lu Chen's eyes.

“They are the Developers, that's right.”

“But in order to collect data, they had to delegate ‘Genesis Authority’ to the underlying structure of the universe.”

Lu Chen pointed to his own head.

There lay the core of the pangu system.

“This is their biggest bug.”

“They thought they were raising a flock of sheep.”

“But they didn't know that among the sheep... a wolf in sheep's clothing had infiltrated.”

Just then.

“Beep—!”

A piercing alarm suddenly blared.

Su Qingying abruptly looked at the monitoring station, her expression changing drastically.

“Lu Chen! We have a situation!”

“The distress signal Big Boss sent earlier... has been answered!”

“Where?”

“Coordinates... Asgard Core Zone!”

Su Qingying rapidly operated the controls. “It's not just a response! The other party is performing Ultra-Long-Range Data Transmission!”

“Energy level... cannot be calculated! Far exceeding 001!”

“They've arrived.”

Lu Chen showed no panic.

Instead, he straightened his collar, as if preparing for a long-awaited date.

“001.”

“Y-yes, Sir!”

“Connect me to that signal.”

A wicked curve appeared at the corner of Lu Chen's mouth.

“Sir, what are you doing? That is the signal of Supervisor's direct guard—the ‘Executor’! Connecting will allow them to locate us!”

001 was so scared it nearly crashed.

“Locate us?”

Lu Chen strode toward the command console and slammed the red connect button.

“I want him to locate us!”

“Zzzzz—”

The holographic screen flashed with static.

Immediately after.

A perfect, flawless geometric face composed of pure white light appeared on the screen.

It had no facial features.

Only an extremely cold voice, spanning countless dimensions, resounded directly within the hall.

“Universe Code 9832.”

“Anomaly code confirmed.”

“I am The Overseer Sequence—Executor [Heavenly Punishment].”

“Low-Dimensional Bug, did you kill the tenant?”

Facing this true great god.

Not only did Lu Chen not kneel.

Instead, he pulled a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and took a deep drag.

Then.

He slowly blew a smoke ring toward the screen.

The smoke ring drifted, finally settling right over the geometric face.

“Bug?”

Lu Chen flicked the ash, his eyes radiating the arrogance of someone ready to poke a hole in the sky.

“Allow me to introduce myself.”

“My name is Lu Chen.”

“The Earth Federation's... Hacker.”

“I hear you want to reinstall the system?”

Lu Chen grinned, revealing a set of chillingly white teeth.

“My apologies.”

“My hand slipped just now.”

“I've already changed your Administrator password...”

“...to my birthday.”